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Breaking News Met Faces Suit by Jewish Family Over ‘Looted’ Picasso Masterpiece
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan was sued on Friday for the return of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece allegedly sold under duress in 1938 because of Nazi and Fascist persecution in Europe. A complaint was filed in Manhattan federal court by the great-grandniece of Paul Leffmann, a Jewish industrialist from Germany who once owned…
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The Schmooze Edgar Bronfman’s Art Collection On Sale
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